Frame



M. KRANTZ.

FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. I920.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

UNIT-ED STATES MAX KRAN'IZ, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 19, 1920.

Application fiIed May 18, 1920. Serial No. 382,252.

To all whom it may concern)" Be it known that I, MAX KRANTZ, a citizenof Poland, and a resident of Brookl n, in the county of Kings and Stateof ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its principal object to provide a frame adaptedvto contain a mirror or like relatively thin article, of round, oval orother curved shape, having a margin of substantially uniform thickness,means being combined with the frames for attachment to a support.

- A further object is to provide a frame of integral construction, thesame being of channel shaped cross section and having means fordetachably engaging the ends, thus providing for insertion or removal ofthe object enframed.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown inthe accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure,and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view'of a circular framemade in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away to showthe construction.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective View of the frame at thejoint thereof showing the slotted clip engaging means.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 but showing a slight modification inconstruction.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view showing the frame as engaging anarticle.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates ingeneral a'ring, which may be made of a flat strip, rolled or pressed topresent a U-shaped channel section having sides 11 and 12, the opening14 being receptive of the article to be held.

Another method of construction may be to use a strip of such length as'to permit coiling helically, in the ma'nner of a spring, and sawingtransversely to present ends 15 and 16, one of the end elements as 15,having formed through its periphery two perforations 17, while the otherend element 16 contains a single opening 18. I

A clip 20, formed of a rectangular plate, has two prongs 21 extendingfrom its lower edge, these rongs, after passing through the perforatlons17, being upset or riveted at their ends, holding the clip firmlysecured.

Another single prong 22, slightly hook shaped or under cut, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, extends from the clip at the end 0pposlte the rivetprongs 21, and is engageable in the opening 18, the frame beingsufficiently resilient to permit its ends being sprung for that purpose.

Formed longitudinally in the clip 20 is an elongated opening 23 adaptedto receive a tape orribbon by which the frame may be supportedpendantly.

In the modifications, shown in Fig. 3, one of the ends of the ring, as15, is expanded, forming a sheath or socket 24 into which is receivedthe opposite end 16, thereby afi'ording a firm structure, preventinglateral movement even when stressed, and also avoiding any appearance ofopening at the abutting'ends of the ring.

In the operation of inserting an article, as a mirror, picture, glass orlike, the frame 1s opened by springing apart the side elements and thearticle entered, its edges being received in the channel 14, contactbeing, made at the extreme inner edges of the frame walls.

The end element 15 is then raised above the'other in order to allow theprong 22 to enter the opening 18 and then permitted to spring into itsnormal circular form, looking the ends tightly together and holding aproperly dimensioned article firmly in the frame, which may then besuspended by the clipI in an obvious manner.

aving thus described my invention and set forth the manner of itsconstruction and application, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is 2- A frame comprising a unitary ring of channelsection having abutting ends, a plate clip having an opening adapted toreceive a support, a pair of prongs formed at one end of the lower edgeof said clip, said prongs bein riveted in openings adjacent one of theutting ends, and a single hook prong extending from the same edge ofsaid clip adjacent its opposite -end, said hook prong being engageablein an aperture -adjacent the opposite abutting end of said ring.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MAX KRANTZ.

